Tokyo, Japan — DEN-ON Instruments is celebrating its longest-term employee, Masaaki Uchiyama. Mr. Uchiyama started with the company after high school at age 16, and 28 years later, he is the longest-term employee in DEN-ON's 53-year history. Mr. Uchiyama developed his skills through self-motivation and hard ...

St. Lous, MO — Graybar has appointed Stephen Cray as its district vice president in Seattle. As of January 2017, Mr. Cray will replace Kirk Snure, who plans to retire as district vice president after more than 31 years with the company. Graybar's Seattle district is one of 13 operating districts for the employee ...

Plymouth, WI — Kurtz Ersa North America has added Gustavo Perez to its team of field service engineers. Based in Guadalajara, Mexico, Mr. Perez will service Ersa Mexico's customers. With the addition of Mr. Perez, the company expects to be able to cover the growing need for field service in Mexico. Mr. Perez ...

Mentor, OH — Libra Industries has promoted William Redmon to the position of design manager. Based in the company's Dallas facility, Mr. Redmon has been with ACD, now Libra industries, for more than 11 years. Previously, he was the company's senior systems analyst. He is a self-taught hardware systems and code ...

Neenah, WI — Plexus Corp., has appointed Steve Frisch to the position of executive vice president and CEO. With the promotion, Mr. Frisch assumes responsibility for the company's global manufacturing and engineering operations, go-to-market, supply chain, and quality functions. Mr. Frisch is an experienced ...

Chino, CA — Scienscope International has added Mary Westmoreland to its field service/applications team. Ms. Westmoreland will be based in the company's Chino office. She joins Scienscope with more than 10 years of industry experience in SMT and through-hole, semiconductors, fiber optics, and electromechanical ...

Salem, NH — Seica has hired Cesar Mendez as the latest member of its Mexico sales team. In his sales role, he will be a key player in lead generation activities and customer support, working with many OEM and CM clients. His experience includes managing large automotive accounts for a previous employer. Based ...

Forest, VA — Simplimatic Automation has added two new members to its leadership team, John Artman as vice president of business development, and Shawn Semer as vice president of packaging sales. Mr. Artman has more than 25 years of experience in sales, business development, engineering, and automation equipment ...

Aurora, IL — Cabot Microelectronics Corporation (CMP) has appointed Thomas F. Kelly vice president of corporate development. Mr. Kelly rejoins the company after service as the director of global raw materials procurement for Celanese Corp., and prior to that as the vice president of new business development ...

Clearwater, FL — Electro Technik Industries (ETI) has appointed Scott Fisher as director of sales and marketing. Mr. Fisher comes to the company from WIMA GmbH, where he was the North American director of sales and marketing and set up the company's first direct sales rep force in the region. Mr. Fisher has ...

Highland Heights, KY — General Cable Corporation's board of directors has named Leah Stark as its senior vice president and chief human resources officer. Ms. Stark, who was previously the senior director of global human resources for Greater China Corp. and KitchenAid, and director of global functions for ...

Mansfield, TX — Mouser Electronics has named Graham Maggs as its vice president of marketing — EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). Mr. Maggs, an industry veteran with more than 28 years of experience in European and global roles, joined Mouser in 2010 and has been instrumental in building the company ...

Kempen, Germany — Lackwerke Peters GmbH & Co. KG has added industrial engineer Benjamin Alfes to its team. With a focus on realizing Industry 4.0, Mr. Alfes' first project will be a thorough analysis of the company's production and shipping workflows. He will be responsible for developing an approach to automate ...

Williamsport, PA — Primus Technologies has named Paul Cary as its new vice president of operations, reporting directly to Chris Sullivan, chairman and CEO. The company cites Mr. Cary's expertise in lean manufacturing and his commitment to operational excellence as reasons for the appointment. He will be responsible ...

Somerset, NJ — Ravi Bhatkal, Ph.D., vice president of energy technologies at Alpha Assembly Solutions, has been elected to serve a second term on the global board of directors for iNEMI. The iNEMI organization maps the future technology requirements of the global electronics industry, identifies and prioritizes ...

Ronkonkoma, NY — Retlif Testing Laboratories has appointed Scott Poggi as its director of operations. In this position, Mr. Poggi will oversee the day-to-day operations at Retlif's headquarters as well as the company's branch offices and laboratories. His responsibilities include managing EMC/EMI and environmental ...

Wertheim, Germany — Dr. Christian Ulzhofer, CEO of machine manufacturer SMT Thermal Discoveries, has joined the advisory board of the SMT/Hybrid/Packaging Committee. He takes the place of his father and SMT's founder Hans-Gunter Ulzhofer, who represented the committee for several years. Dr. Ulzhofer has managed ...

Caldwell, NJ — Fancort Industries has appointed Andres Luna as its regional sales manager in Mexico. Mr. Luna attended the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico and received a degree in electromechanical engineering. He has more than 20 years of experience in the industry, primarily in management and sales ...

Cypress, CA — Metcal has appointed two new regional sales managers: Gabriel Ortiz to cover the Southwest U.S., Mexico and South America; and Neil Edwards in the U.K., including Ireland and Eastern Europe. Mr. Ortiz brings more than 20 years of experience servicing the electronics manufacturing industry and ...

Shingle Springs, CA — PDR Americas has hired Dan Kelsey as the national sales manager for its infrared rework division. Mr. Kelsey has more then 35 years of experience in direct sales, sales management, marketing, and corporate management of technical products. He joins PDR having recently served as general ...